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Turabian Citation Style: Preparing Your Citations Books (Turabian: 17.1)
Turabian Citation Style: Preparing Your Citations Books (Turabian: 17.1)
The Chicago Style for Students and Researchers, 7th edition, by Kate Turabian
This is a general guide to the Turabian notes-bibliography style of citation, used most often by
the History and Music Departments. It is intended to help you understand the kind of
information you should be keeping track of as you research and to help you begin to create you
bibliography. There are a number of other rules, suggestions, and allowances for creating your
bibliography. Please consult the Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and
Dissertations, 7th ed., which is located behind the Circulation Desk at the West Library. You can
also ask one of the librarians (reference@txwes.edu) or your professor if you have any
questions or need help.
Bibliography:
Ziesche, Philipp. Cosmopolitan Patriots: Americans in Paris in the Age of Revolution.
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010.
See the Turabian guide (section 17.5) for special situations or specific types of monographs.
Bibliography:
Bennett, Robert W. and Lawrence B. Solum. Constitutional Originalism: A Debate. Ithaca, NY,
Cornell University Press, 2011.
This document was created by Kaeli Vandertulip for Texas Wesleyan University’s West Library. It was
last updated 10/25/2011.
Journal Articles (17.2)
Note: Journals and magazines are cited differently. If an article has a bibliography, it is probably
a journal article.
Footnote:
Include the author’s name followed by the title of the article in quotes. The title of the journal is
italicized.
Include the volume of the journal and, if it is provided, the issue number, proceeded by no.
Include the publication date as it is given in the journal in parentheses.
Include the page referenced.
3. Eran Shalev, “’A Perfect Republic’: The Mosaic Constitution in Revolutionary New
England, 1775-1788,” New England Quarterly 82, no.2 (June 2009): 246.
Bibliography:
Include the pages the journal appears on within the journal.
Shalev, Eren. “’A Perfect Republic’: The Mosaic Constitution in Revolutionary New England,
1775-1788.” New England Quarterly 82, no.2 (June 2009): 235-63.
Bibliography:
Shalev, Eren. “’A Perfect Republic’: The Mosaic Constitution in Revolutionary New England,
1775-1788.” New England Quarterly 82, no.2 (June 2009): 235-63.
http://ezproxy.txwes.edu:2058/ehost/detail?hid=104&sid=12952d93-8fca-45fa-8a95-
6f81575554e4%40sessionmgr113&vid=7&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#
db=a9h&AN=43632439 (accessed March 10, 2011).
This document was created by Kaeli Vandertulip for Texas Wesleyan University’s West Library. It was
last updated 10/25/2011.
Magazine Articles (17.3)
Footnote:
Do not include volume or issue number, even if provided.
5. Evarts B. Greene, “American Documents,” The Nation, June 4, 1924, 660.
Bibliography:
You do not need to include page numbers in the bibliography for magazine articles.
Greene, Evarts B.“American Documents.” The Nation, June 4, 1924.
Footnote:
6. Jeffrey Rosen, “If Scalia Had His Way,” New York Times, January 9, 2011.
For special article types, such as letters to the editor, consult the Turabian guide.
Interview
Interviews and personal communication are cited only in the footnotes; they are not included in
the bibliography.
Footnote:
7. Kate Wiant, interviewed by author, Fort Worth, TX, March 21, 2011.
Footnote:
8. Congressional Research Service, “CRS Annotated Constitution,” Cornell University
Law School, http://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/index.html (accessed March 21, 2011).
Bibliography:
Congressional Research Service. “CRS Annotated Constitution.” Cornell University Law School.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/index.html (accessed March 21, 2011).
This document was created by Kaeli Vandertulip for Texas Wesleyan University’s West Library. It was
last updated 10/25/2011.
Public Documents (Government Documents) (17.9)
Include as many of the following elements as possible in your citation: the name of the
government and government body, the title of the document, the name of the
individual author, report number, publication information, page numbers.
Footnote:
9. House Committee on the Judiciary, The Constitution and the Line Item Veto: Hearing
before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., 2006, 28.
Bibliography:
US Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. The Constitution and the Line Item Veto:
Hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution. 109th Cong., 2nd sess., April 27,
2006.
Footnote:
10. House Committee on the Judiciary, The Constitution and the Line Item Veto: Hearing
before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., 2006, 28,
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-109hhrg27223/pdf/CHRG-109hhrg27223.pdf (accessed
March 10, 2011).
Bibliography:
US Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. The Constitution and the Line Item Veto:
Hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution. 109th Cong., 2nd sess., April 27,
2006. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-109hhrg27223/pdf/CHRG-
109hhrg27223.pdf (accessed March 10, 2011).
Footnote:
11. Howard Chandler Christy, Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United
States, 1940, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
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last updated 10/25/2011.
12. Paul Juley, “Howard Chandler Christy at Work in His Studio with Model, ” ca. 1940,
Smithsonian Art Museum, Washington, DC.
Footnote:
13. The Simpsons, “E Pluribus Wiggum,” Season 19, Episode 10, March 5, 2011
(originally aired January 6, 2008).
Footnote:
In addition to the standard bibliographic information, include the following: the title of the
online site, the type of file, the time at which the cited material appears in the file (if applicable),
the URL, and the accessed date.
14. Roy Zimmerman, “Second Amendment Sing Along,” YouTube, Adobe Flash Video file,
0:45, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuNEq7gHqF8 (accessed March 10, 2011).
15. Thomas T. Waterman, “Detail of Pier Cap Habs, DC, Wash, 1A-9,” 1938, American
Memory, JPEG file,
http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/dc/dc0300/dc0374/photos/027174pv.jpg (accessed
March 10, 2011).
Bibliography:
Zimmerman, Roy. “Second Amendment Sing Along.” YouTube, Adobe Flash Video file.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuNEq7gHqF8 (accessed March 10, 2011).
Waterman, Thomas T. “Detail of Pier Cap Habs, DC, Wash, 1A-9.” 1938. American Memory.
JPEG file.
http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/dc/dc0300/dc0374/photos/027174pv.jpg
(accessed March 10, 2011).
This document was created by Kaeli Vandertulip for Texas Wesleyan University’s West Library. It was
last updated 10/25/2011.
Internal Citations
There are several reasons to include a citation in your paper. These include both direct
quotes and references to information found within your sources. You cite your sources
as footnotes. Number each citation consecutively, using only one number per note.
You may include more than one source in a single note. Put the number after a
quotation mark or period.
To insert a footnote, click the section of your paper where you want to insert your
number, then hit Alt+Ctrl+F.
Footnotes should be listed using single spacing, with an extra space between each note.
Tab the footnote as you would a paragraph (first line tab, second line flush with margin).
This document was created by Kaeli Vandertulip for Texas Wesleyan University’s West Library. It was
last updated 10/25/2011.
Final Bibliography
Bibliography
Congressional Research Service. “CRS Annotated Constitution.” Cornell University Law School.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/index.html (accessed March 21, 2011).
Shalev, Eren. “’A Perfect Republic’: The Mosaic Constitution in Revolutionary New England,
1775-1788.” New England Quarterly 82, no.2 (June 2009): 235-63.
------. “’A Perfect Republic’: The Mosaic Constitution in Revolutionary New England, 1775-
1788.” New England Quarterly 82, no.2 (June 2009): 235-63.
http://ezproxy.txwes.edu:2058/ehost/detail?hid=104&sid=12952d93-8fca-45fa-8a95-
6f81575554e4%40sessionmgr113&vid=7&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#
db=a9h&AN=43632439 (accessed March 10, 2011).
US Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. The Constitution and the Line Item Veto:
Hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution. 109th Cong., 2nd sess., April 27,
2006.
------. The Constitution and the Line Item Veto: Hearing before the Subcommittee on the
Constitution. 109th Cong., 2nd sess., April 27, 2006.
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-109hhrg27223/pdf/CHRG-109hhrg27223.pdf
(accessed March 10, 2011).
Waterman, Thomas T. “Detail of Pier Cap Habs, DC, Wash, 1A-9.” 1938. American Memory.
JPEG file.
http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/dc/dc0300/dc0374/photos/027174pv.jpg
(accessed March 10, 2011).
Zimmerman, Roy. “Second Amendment Sing Along.” YouTube, Adobe Flash Video file.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuNEq7gHqF8 (accessed March 10, 2011).
This document was created by Kaeli Vandertulip for Texas Wesleyan University’s West Library. It was
last updated 10/25/2011.